Doll-head.



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DOLL HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. I9 I5.

' 191%@95960 Patented July I3, IIII 2 SHEETS-SHEET l:

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l noLL HEAD. APPLICATION 'FILED FEB.4,1915.

13].1695960 Patented my 13, 1915.

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ANDOR-RTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 THEOIDORE FREUND, 0F NEW YORK, 'N'. Y.

` DOLL-HEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.l

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Y Application filed February 4, 1915. Serial No. 6,119.

T0 all whom it may concern I Be it known that 1, ANDon ROTH, a'subject of the King of Hungary, and a resident -of the city of New York, in the countyfof vice or mechanism for actuating the eyes or eye-balls of adoll to cause the same t'o roll or adjust themselves automatically, producing an action very similar tothe movement of the eyes of a natural person, said mecha# ni'sm effecting also the closing and opening of the eyes as embodied in what are termed sleeping dolls now in common use..

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the character described which is simple in construction, eiiicient in operation, and which can be manufactured on 'a commercial scale, or' in other words one that is not so d-ificult to produce as to beA beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the .eye operating mechanism as to prevent binding 'of the eyes in the head of the doll.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within'the scopeof the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

A few of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a doll head provided with the improved eye mechanism; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the same on a larger scale; Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof, partly in section; Fig. t is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through a modification of the invention; Fig. 6 is a sition from one position to section Ataken on line 6-6 of Fig. and Fig. 7 is a plan view, partly in section, of a further modification of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to at, inclusive. the numeral 10 designates the hollow head of a doll, provided with the usual eye apertures or openings 11. This head may be made of any suitable material, such as, for instance, bisque, wax or papiermch. In rear ofthe eye openings and in alinement with the same is oscillatably mounted in the head a horizontally extending transverse shaft or spindle 12. r1`his shaft is, preferably, mounted in bearing blocks 13 of wood vor similar material, said blocks' being held ywithin recesses in the head.

The eyes or eye balls are denoted by the numeral 14:. These balls are provided with vhoriontally extending recesses 15, which extend from the rear faces of the center thereof, and are adapted to accommodat'e the shaft 12. The balls are drawn over the shaft and oscillatably held thereon by vertical pivot pins 16. In rear of the shaft is disposed a horizontally larranged connecting bar 17, its ends being located within the recesses in the balls 1&1. This connecting bar is attached to the eye balls by vertical pivot pins 1S. To the shaft 12 is centrally and fiXedly attached a vertically extending arm 19, the lower end of which bears, when the doll is in its upright position, against a stop 20 upon `the inner face of the doll head. The upper end of said arm extends above the shaft 12, and has pivotally suspended therefrom a gravity-operated actuating member 21, such as a pendulum. The rod 22 of this pendulum extends through an opening 23 in the connecting bar 17.

The operation of this device is as follows: Then the'doll is in its upright position, the pupils painted or otherwise represented upon the eye balls register with the eye openings, more particularly they are centrally arranged in relation -to said eye openings. When the doll is laid down, the pendulum causes the shaft 12 and thus the eyes attached thereto to swing around, or in other words it closes the eyes. ln handling the doll, as the head is shifted in its upright poanother, the pendulum 21 swings by theintermediary of the connecting bar 17 the eyes around their pivot said balls beyond i' trated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, dif-y -fering' from the pins 16, moving and adjusting the same simultaneously, and producing thus an action very, similar' to the movementof the natural person. The arm 19 rests normally,

its upright position, against the stop 20, and

' thereby keeps the eyes steady.

A modification of the invention is illusone above described in-that the shaft or spindle 12 is provided with a downwardly extending substantially U- shaped fbend 24, this bend Vbearing against the stop 20. The pendulum is attached in this case pivotally to an arm 25, said arm being attached 'to the U-shaped bend 24.-

The purpose of providing the shaft or spin- -dlewith a U-shaped bend is to impart to the same some resiliency. This structure will be particularly useful in connection with doll heads which are made of a material that shrinks to s'olne extent after being thoroughly dried. By 'imparting resiliency to z5 the shaft or spindle 12, the latter willnot bind as the head shrinks.

In the modification shown in Fig, 7 of the drawings the eyes,denoted by the numeral 26, are substantially semi-globular. To thesef eyes are secured rearwardly extending hor1- `zontally disposed lugs 27, which are joined bya connecting bar .28, said bar being pivin au respecaidenacai with ams@ of the oted at 29 'to the said lugs; The lugs extend also through the spindle or shaft 12, and are pivoted to the latter at 30. Otherwise the construction and operation'of this device are that is .tol say when the doll is .in-

mechanism described,` in connection with Figs. l to 4, inclusive;

`It is obvious that, while herein the invention has been-illustrated in connection with a doll head, it is equally adapted for use in connection with toy puppets representing animals, etc.

i What I claim isi- A hOllOW,`d0ll head head, eye balls having horizontally disposed slots in. their lrear portions in which said. `shaft 1s seated, vertical pivot pins passing upper end of said arm being .provided with fan' eye, and a gravity operated actuating member suspended from the eye of-s'aid .arm and extending through the opening in said connecting bar.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York,- and State of New York, this 3rd day of Feb., A. D. 1915.

NDOR RTH. Witnesses:

SiGMUND HERZOG, THEO. FREUND.

provided with eye apertures, 'a horizontal shaft oscillatably' mounted ,Within and` transversely of said 

